In December 1941, British and American war leaders met and agreed that the defeat of Nazi Germany was their first priority and that the best way to achieve this was by an invasion of France, using Britain as a launch-pad. The United States had been gearing up for war since the fall of France and when Germany’s Axis partner, Japan, attacked the US naval base at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, America was finally drawn into the increasingly global conflict.Īn explosion at the Naval Air Station, Ford Island, Pearl Harbor, during the Japanese attack on 7 December 1941.
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